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Posted on: May 25, 2022

Health Department, CoxHealth and Mercy hold Roots & Branches event to discuss health priorities

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Springfield-Greene County Health, CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield invites media to attend the Roots & Branches event at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26 at the Springfield Art Museum located at 1111 E Brookside Drive.

Leaders from the Health Department, CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield will release the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment and discuss the priority health issues highlighted in the report.

The event will be recorded, but not livestreamed. Recordings will be available on the Health Department’s Facebook page at a later date.

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Media may contact the Health Department PIO Team by call or text at 417-380-2556 or email at [email protected].

Springfield-Greene County Health Department

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